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Senate approves $12.3 billion water bill 05/22/2014 09:40pm • HENRY C. JACKSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress sent the White House a $12.3 billion water projects bill half the size of its last one seven years ago -- before the economy sank into a deep recession that helped swell the government's debt and before lawmakers swore off cherry-picking EU elections become platform for austerity foes 05/22/2014 02:59pm • DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European Parliament elections have been sedate affairs in the past but this week's voting has the potential to shake things up -- particularly national governments' approaches to cutting debt and spurring growth.Parties that oppose bringing Average US 30-year mortgage rate falls to 4.14 pct 05/22/2014 01:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week for a fourth straight week. The low rates could give a boost to the spring home-buying season, which has started slowly.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year loan declined to 4.14 percent f Stocks open higher...Jobless claims jump...Home sales rebound slightly...Mortgage rates down again 05/22/2014 11:50am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street, building on yesterday's gains. Stocks moving higher include Best Buy, Dollar Tree and Limited Brands, which all reported good earnings. Sears Holdings fell after reporting a wider quarterly loss as sales slumped at Sears and US firms extend $2 billion oil loan to Venezuela 05/21/2014 08:00pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has secured a $2 billion credit line from several energy service companies, including U.S.-based Halliburton and Schlumberger.The deal allows the foreign companies to increase contract work for PDVSA as the heavily indebted Venezuelan co Napolitano: Focus on border backup, not more walls 05/21/2014 07:00pm • KATHERINE CORCORAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Political calls for more walls and policing at the U.S.-Mexico border are a "straw man" designed to defeat immigration reform, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.Napolitano said in an interview with The With Ukraine, Russia drives wedge between EU, US 05/21/2014 02:50pm • LARA JAKES AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The crisis in Ukraine is giving Russia an opening to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe just as Western powers try to repair a struggling trade deal and decide how to bolster a cash-strapped NATO.For years, the West has frustr Luis Enrique signs on as Barcelona coach 05/21/2014 10:46am • JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Former Barcelona player Luis Enrique signed a two-year contract to become coach on Wednesday, a hire the club hopes will resemble the success stories of Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola.Luis Enrique signed the deal with club president Josep Barto 2 pandas arrive in Malaysia from China after delay 05/21/2014 06:32am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Two giant pandas arrived in Malaysia from China on Wednesday after a one-month delay due to the missing Malaysian jetliner.Male Fu Wa and female Feng Yi are on a 10-year loan from China to commemorate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.Up Sante Kimes, convicted in NY widow's murder, dies 05/21/2014 12:38am • DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Sante Kimes, who along with her son made up a notorious grifter team convicted of the murders of a wealthy widow in New York and a businessman in Los Angeles, has died in her prison cell at age 79.Kimes, who was portrayed by Mary Tyler Moore in a TV mo Home Depot 1Q results miss expectations 05/20/2014 10:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- Home Depot's fiscal first-quarter net income climbed 12 percent, helped by better sales, but results fell short of expectations as a cold and rainy spring hurt results.The company said May sales were "robust" and the No. 1 home improvement retailer raised its full-year earnings forec House approves $12 billion-plus water bill 05/20/2014 06:48pm • HENRY C. JACKSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed the closest thing so far this year to an infrastructure bill -- a $12 billion-plus bipartisan measure authorizing 34 water projects, ranging from flood protection in California and North Dakota to deepening the Port of Savannah an Los Angeles subway getting $2.1B federal promise 05/20/2014 06:27pm • JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal transportation officials are promising another big dose of cash to help expand Los Angeles' growing public transit network -- this time, $2.1 billion in grants and loans to extend a subway line into Beverly Hills.The agreements, set to be N. Miami mayor surrenders in mortgage fraud case 05/20/2014 06:20pm • MIAMI (AP) -- The mayor of North Miami has surrendered to federal agents after she was charged with others in an $8 million mortgage fraud scheme.The FBI confirmed Tuesday that 54-year-old Mayor Lucie Tondreau was in custody. She had been at a Las Vegas convention on city business when an indictment Woods: Surgery erased doubts; no date for return 05/20/2014 06:08pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Tiger Woods still doesn't know when he'll return. For a while, he didn't know whether he would return at all.Woods said Monday his back injury became so debilitating this year it caused him to doubt his ability to play golf again."Forget about play